PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The University of Pennsylvania football team earned its first Ivy League win of the season on Saturday, defeating Brown 17-7 at Brown Stadium.
 
Penn snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 3-4 on the season and 1-3 in the Ivy League. Brown is now 2-5 overall, 0-4 in Ivy play.
 
It was another day for the record books if you're following Penn's All-America wide receiver, Justin Watson. He caught a touchdown pass for the seventh-straight game, a Penn record and one shy of the Ivy League mark. Watson had 119 receiving yards after the first quarter, and finished the day with eight catches for 132 yards.

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- Watson Is Now The Penn Record Holder For Career Receiving Yards (3,413)
- Watson Is Now The Penn Record Holder For Career Receiving Touchdowns (29)
- Watson Is Now Three Catches Away From Setting Penn's Career Receptions Record (Currently 259)
- Watson Is Now No. 4 All-Time In The Ivy League In Receiving Yards
- Watson is Now No. 4 All-Time In The Ivy League In Receptions
 
The other story on Saturday was Penn's defense. The Quakers held Brown to 203 yards of offense, the fewest allowed by the Red and Blue this season, and forced a pair of turnovers that became 10 points. As it turned out, that was the difference in the game.
 
Nick Robinson made his first start at quarterback, and the move looked brilliant just one play into Saturday's contest as the sophomore found Watson behind the Brown secondary and hit him in stride for an 80-yard score to put the Quakers up 7-0.
 
Penn's defense set up the offense for the second score midway through the opening period, as the Quakers forced LJ Harriott to fumble and Penn's Kevin Cadigan -- a Rhode Island native -- recovered at Brown's 23. Two plays later, it was 14-0 as Robinson again found Watson open in the middle of the field for the 20-yard scoring play.
 
Brown was able to make it 14-7 late in the quarter when Nick Duncan scored from five yards out. The Bears quarterback tried to take it around the left side, but when he was stymied he merely turned back into the middle and just beat a few defenders to the goal line. The key play on the seven-play drive happened just ahead of the score, when Duncan flipped a short toss to Anton Casey and he sliced through the Penn defense for 33 yards.
 
It looked like that would be the score at the half, before another Brown turnover turned into more Penn points. Nick Miller forced a Darius Daies fumble on the Bears' 37-yard line with just 21 seconds left before the break, and Sam Philippi recovered it at the 40. That led to a 51-yard field goal by Jack Soslow with just three seconds remaining, his career best and the third-longest field goal in program history.
 
Penn was looking to add to its advantage in the third quarter, driving close to Brown's red zone. The Quakers got cute at that point, however, and a jump-pass attempt by Tre Solomon was picked off by the Bears' Connor Coughlin at Brown's 13 and returned to the 24. Penn actually turned the ball over three times on the day, but the defense made sure it didn't affect the Quakers on the scoreboard.
 
Penn is back at home next Saturday, hosting Princeton in its Homecoming Game at Franklin Field. The Quakers and the Tigers will kick off at 1 p.m.